• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    We found no evidence confirming the phrase appearing on a lectern originated verbatim in Nazi Germany, as social media posts suggested.

    However, we found no evidence confirming that the phrase originated verbatim in Nazi Germany, as social media posts suggested. The origin of the phrase was unclear, but it did not appear to have been used by the Trump administration or other presidential administrations before appearing on the lectern. Online searches for the origin of the phrase returned only results for more social media posts claiming it had roots in the Nazi regime, without providing further evidence. Searches of newspaper archives also found no instances of the Trump administration or other governments using the specific phrase.

    Mindlessly spreading without fact-checking, bad look.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      All the shit they say about their opponents, and I’m supposed to be concerned about the accuracy of a them making a perfectly plausible statement?

      I don’t fucking care, spread the story.

    • SloppyJoe@toast.ooo
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      If it looks and acts like a duck it’s a duck. Nazi getting called out for being a nazi and you’re worried about the origin of the phrase.